Method and device for transparent interception of socket connections

A system for managing network traffic over a network connection between a client and a server, the network connection including a plurality of segments, the system comprising:

• a computer processor;
• a client interconnect point intercepting a client packet transmission from the client addressed to the server, the client interconnect point and the client defining a first segment of the plurality of segments;
• the first segment using a first communication protocol;
• the client interconnect point being located before a second segment of the plurality of segments, the client interconnect point accessing packets in the client packet transmission, replacing the packets in the client packet transmission into a second communication protocol and forwarding the client packet transmission;
• the client interconnect point including a terminator server having a terminator server address;
• the client interconnect point re-addressing the data packets resulting in the destination address being the terminator server address;
• a server interconnect point for receiving the client packet transmission from the client interconnect point through the second segment using the second communication protocol, replacing the packets in the client packet transmission into the first communication protocol and forwarding the client packet transmission to the server through a third segment defined by the server interconnect point and the server;
• the server interconnect point including a regenerator client having a regenerator client address;
• wherein the client packet transmission comprise data packets, the data packets having a source address identifying the client and a destination address identifying the server.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium readable by a computer encoding a computer program for execution by the computer to carry out a method of managing network traffic over a network connection between a client and a server, the network connection including a plurality of segments, the computer program comprising:

• code means for intercepting a client packet transmission from the client addressed to the server at a client interconnect point, the client interconnect point and the client defining a first segment of the plurality of segments;
• the first segment using a first communication protocol;
• the client interconnect point being located before a second segment of the plurality of segments, the client interconnect point accessing packets in the client packet transmission;
• wherein the client interconnect point includes a terminator server having a terminator server address;
• wherein the server interconnect point includes a regenerator client having a regenerator client address;
• wherein the client packet transmission comprise data packets, the data packets having a source address identifying the client and a destination address identifying the server;
• code means for re-addressing at the client interconnect point the data packets resulting in the destination address being the terminator server address;
• code means for replacing the packets in the client packet transmission into a second communication protocol at the client interconnect point;
• code means for forwarding the client packet transmission from the client interconnect point through the second segment to a server interconnect point using a second communication protocol, the server interconnect point and the server defining a third segment of the plurality of segments;
• code means for replacing the packets in the client packet transmission into the first communication protocol at the server interconnect point;
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• code means for transmitting the client packet transmission from the server interconnect point to the server through the third segment using the first communication protocol.